Tom Sequist, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Professor of Health Care Policy
Harvard Medical School
Aila Hoss, JD
Associate Professor of Law
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
Abstract: The Indian Health Service (IHS) is the federal agency responsible for delivering healthcare services to American Indians and Alaskan Natives. Despite treaty obligations, the IHS has been chronically underfunded, even in comparison to other federal health programs, and health disparities persist. This session will consider the complex laws governing Tribal and federal health programs, which were highlighted during COVID-19 public health actions, efforts to improve Tribal health care, and what can be done in the future for the federal government to meet its obligations.
Sponsored by the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School
Location and Address
Online